MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N v. City of Jackson

328 So.2d 656 (1976)

MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

v.

CITY OF JACKSON.

No. 48539.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 16, 1976.

Bennett E. Smith, Jackson, Joe G. Moss, Raymond, for appellant.

Perry, Phillips, Crockett & Morrison, John E. Stone, Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, SMITH and ROBERTSON, JJ.

GILLESPIE, Chief Justice:

Pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City of Jackson, hereinafter City, on October 5, 1971, the City agreed to purchase from Hinds-Rankin Metropolitan Water and Sewage Association, hereinafter Hirmet, certain facilities for the operation of a water utility…